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Monday, December 18, 2017

Top Holiday Hair Tips From Celebrity Colorist Tracey Cunningham

Everyone wants to look and feel
their best during the holiday season, radiant hair included. Unfortunately with
our social calendars filled to the brim from Thanksgiving into the New Year, it
can be challenging to find the time to care for and maintain your haircolor. To
help guide your haircare regimen this season, Redken Celebrity Colorist Tracey Cunningham shares her top tips for making the most of your time at the salon
during the holidays.

Forward thinking: I typically
advise my clients to wait six to eight weeks for gray touch-ups and eight to 12
weeks for highlights. With this in mind and knowing that salons get incredibly
busy around the holidays, schedule your holiday color appointment with as much
advance notice as possible. If you are going in for "corrective color”, to
correct color results you are unhappy with from a prior coloring experience, be
prepared for a longer visit as your colorist may need to remove old color and then
recolor your hair.

Show, don’t tell: If you plan to
try out a new look for the holidays, whether bold or subtle, bringing
photographs and examples of haircolor you love will help you and your colorist
explore your color options and ensure that you both mean the same thing when
you say “honey blonde” or “scarlet red.” One technique I’ve been using a lot
recently is a Metallic Blur haircolor – a combination of luxe bronze and gold
tones that are softened together using Redken's new Blur technique. The end result
is a natural shimmering finish that is perfect for those holiday pictures and
parties!

When in doubt, refresh: If the
holidays don’t fall in-between your scheduled color appointments or you do not
have the time for a full color appointment this December, ask your colorist for
a Redken Shades EQ gloss treatment to enhance shine. Healthy hair is a staple
regardless of the occasion or the outfit and Shades EQ is a quick service that
works wonders on hair to tone color, refresh highlights, and correct uneven
tone. Another great alternative is a Redken Chemistry System in-salon treatment
in-between or just before a color service for noticeable long-lasting color
results and improved condition. Redken Chemistry rebuilds the hair from the
inside out and allows your colorist to mix and match the systems based on your
specific hair type. You can simultaneously address your hair’s frizziness while
locking in your color treatment with two targeted treatments in one!

Maintenance is key! Between your
many holiday updo’s, curling irons and flatiron run-throughs, the holidays can
do serious damage to your locks! That is why at-home maintenance can be just as
important as salon treatments. For blondes, it is important to balance out the
brass, which is where Blonde Idol Custom-Tone Conditioner Violet for Cool
Blondes comes in. The adjustable color-depositing daily conditioner is perfect
for preserving tonality between salon visits. I recommend that my clients use
it the day after they get their hair colored and increase the amount they use
as time passes.

Brunette Beauty: To make your
brunette shade last longer than your New Year’s resolution, I recommend
sulfate-free shampoos and conditioners such as Redken Color Extend Shampoo and
Conditioner or ColorExtend Magnetics to help shield, stabilize and secure color
intensity.

Redken products can only be
guaranteed authentic when purchased from a salon. To locate a Redken salon
please visit Redken online.